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Akhilesh Gulati
On a recent gemba walk, everything looked right. Large digital dashboards lined the production floor, displaying real-time updates on throughput, quality, downtime, and schedule adherence. Metrics were green, trends were stable, and performance was highly visible. By most standards, it was a well-…
Quality Digest
(Physik Instrumente: Shrewsbury, MA) -- Physik Instrumente (PI), global leader in photonics and nanopositioning technologies, highlights its P-733 piezo scanning stage as a high-performance solution for applications requiring ultrafast, nanometer-precise motion, including image stabilization, focal…
Viola Kirk
With unique device identification (UDI) a requirement under U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations and the EU Medical Device Regulation, direct part marking has become mandatory for many medical devices, including surgical instruments and implants.
In practice, these requirements collide…
Jake Walton
Nobody would get into a self-driving car simply because the door locks worked and the alarm system was functioning properly. Those security features protect the car from being stolen or tampered with, but they say nothing about whether the car’s AI will stop in time when a child runs into the road…
Quality Digest
(MasterControl: Salt Lake City) -- MasterControl, a leading provider of quality and manufacturing software solutions for the life sciences industry, announced the launch of Event Summarizer, a new AI-powered capability within its Quality Excellence solution as part of advanced quality event…
Quality Digest
When the Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) gathers for the 42nd annual conference this July in Dallas, one of the most anticipated talks won’t be about machining tolerances or inspection gauges but the cosmos itself. Sandrine J. Thomas, associate director for Summit Operations at the Vera C. Rubin…
Quality Digest
(Configit: Copenhagen) -- Configit, a global leader in configuration life cycle management (CLM), has announced that the company will hold its eleventh annual Configuration Life Cycle Management Summit 2026 May 6–7, 2026. Registration and the full schedule for the virtual event are available here…
Matt McFarlane
It can be surprisingly difficult for businesses to get accurate answers to questions about their own data. Often, the data live in different systems or aren’t easily accessible to employees without specific technical skills. Some data may be in Salesforce but not in the company’s content management…
Quality Digest
(InnovMetric: Quebec City) -- InnovMetric, a leading provider of 3D metrology solutions for the manufacturing industry, has announced it has acquired the intellectual property of French company Digisens. In doing so, the multinational brings on a team of software developers with expertise in…
Jeff Dewar
There are always good reasons to attend the American Society for Quality’s World Conference on Quality and Improvement (WCQI). The sessions are substantive, the networking is genuine, and the exhibit hall gives you a concentrated look at where the tools and technologies of our profession are…
Quality Digest
(Metrologic DCS: Montbonnot-Saint-Martin, France) -- Metrologic DCS announces the launch of Inspection Flow, a metrology intelligence platform designed to connect and contextualize inspection data throughout manufacturing life cycle processes.
Built as a high-performance analytics and decision…
Abdullah Al Masum Jabir
In high-volume manufacturing, inspection often struggles to keep pace with production. That challenge becomes even greater when the material itself is naturally variable and the defects aren’t always easy to define consistently. In one high-volume manufacturing environment producing about 20,000…
Quality Digest
(RB Industrial Manufacturing: Racine, WI) -- RB Industrial Manufacturing announced the acquisition of a new Keyence XM-1540 image dimension measurement system, reinforcing the company’s commitment to precision engineering, quality assurance, and continuous improvement throughout its manufacturing…
Quality Digest
(Ursa Major: Berthoud, CO) -- Ursa Major’s Hadley liquid rocket engine has completed 10 consecutive successful flights, including multiple missions at sustained hypersonic speeds, with Stratolaunch. The milestone underscores Ursa Major’s ability to deliver flight-proven, high-performing, reusable…
ISO
Markets run on trust. Trust runs on standards. And standards only work when the people shaping them reflect the people they are meant to protect.
That’s why International Women’s Day and World Consumer Rights Day aren’t just two dates on the calendar—they are part of the same story. When women…
MIT News
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- Often hailed as the most successful international environmental agreement of all time, the 1987 Montreal Protocol continues to successfully phase out the global production of chemicals that were creating a growing hole in the ozone layer, causing skin cancer and other…
Ben P. Stein
The modern metric system—known as the International System of Units, or SI—is a model of consistency and logic. But in some cases, the logic seems to break down.
In this article, we’ll explore some of these quirks and why they (mostly) make sense at the end of the day (or approximately 86,400…
Quality Digest
(Nikon: Shinagawa, Tokyo) -- Nikon Corp. announces the launch of the APDIS MV5X, the latest addition to its APDIS laser radar product lineup. Building upon the proven technology of the MV4x0 series, the MV5X represents a significant advancement in noncontact measurement technology, achieving high-…
Artec 3D
What would you do if a 240-kg iron rock older than the Earth landed outside your house?
While you ponder the many exciting possibilities, Replicad engineer Jaap Termeer has created a superrealistic digital twin of the meteorite. Such a scanning scenario is uncommon, even for 3D professionals. So…
Quality Digest
(Hexagon: Stockholm) -- Hexagon AB announces that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Waygate Technologies, a leading provider of nondestructive testing solutions, from Baker Hughes. Waygate serves customers in the aerospace, automotive, energy, and industrial manufacturing sectors…
Jeanne Spoden
High-volume medical equipment serves as the operational backbone of our healthcare system. From infusion pumps and monitoring devices to hospital beds and support surfaces, these assets support nearly every aspect of patient care. Yet in many hospitals, medical equipment management remains…
Quality Digest
(Info-Tech: Arlington, VA) – Artificial intelligence (AI) has added a new layer to information management (IM) that accelerates how organizations create, access, and use information. However, recent findings from Info-Tech Research Group show that many IM practices remain rooted in legacy…
Alexandra Vazquez
A lot of CMMS rollouts fail quietly. It’s a common scenario: The software is installed, technicians are logging hours, and the digital work orders are flowing. On the surface, the implementation was a “success.”
But when the VP of operations asks for a quarterly performance review, no one can…
Quality Digest
(NRD: Grand Island, NY) -- NRD, a global manufacturer of advanced nuclear materials, announces the release of its NBV series, a nickel-63-fueled, solid-state betavoltaic nuclear battery power cell designed to provide continuous, maintenance-free power for ultralow power electronics over operational…
Peter Chhim
Most quality professionals have experienced this moment. A process improvement initiative is completed. Procedures are updated, the team is trained, and for a period of time everything works exactly as intended. The process runs smoothly, and the problem appears to be solved. Then, gradually, small…